Everything About Delves in The War Within

By Zvez Updated: 2026/03/03

About Delves in TWWUnlocking Delve TiersWar Within Delves: Endgameall party members

Tier Number

Recommended iLevel

Tier 1

515+

Tier 2

532+

Tier 3

545+

Tier 4

548+

Tier 5

567+

Tier 6

574+

Tier 7

587+

Tier 8

600+

Tier 9

610+

Tier 10

623+

Tier 11

?? ("Unfathomable Challenge")

Delve Locations

Isle of Dorn

Hallowfall

The Ringing Deeps

Azj-Kahet

Undermine

K'aresh

Earthcrawl Mines

Skittering Breach

The Waterworks

The Spiral Weave

Sidestreet Sluice

Archival Assault

Kriegval’s Rest

Nightfall Sanctum

The Dread Pit

Tak-Rethan Abyss

Demolition Dome

Voidrazor Sanctuary

Fungal Folly

The Sinkhole

Excavation Site 9

The Underkeep

Mycomancer Cavern

Zekvir's Lair

Delver's Headquarters in TWWDelver's GuideResonance CrystalsDelver's GuideResonance CrystalsReno JacksonSir Finley MrrggltonDelver's GuideDelver's Race in Season 3 of The War WithinDelver's DirigibleAlliance DirigibleDelver's Dirigible Schematic: Blue PaintDelver's Dirigible Schematic: Alliance DecalHorde DirigibleDelver's Dirigible Schematic: Red PaintDelver's Dirigible Schematic: Horde DecalDelve Rewards in TWWDelver's Gob-TrotterIvory Goliathus

Each delve ends in a treasure room, with Heavy Trunks that offer personal loot tuned to your class and level, Resonance Crystals, Undercoin, Companion upgrades, quest items, cosmetics, and more.

Tier reward levels improve through Tier 8. While Tiers 9-11 will offer the same item level gear as Tier 8, they also reward Runed Ethereal Crest.

Tier 11 delves completed with lives remaining will also feature a Gilded Stash in their treasure room. This can be looted 3 times a week and rewards 7 Gilded Ethereal Crests per chest.

Gear rewards from Bountiful Delve chests will scale based on difficulty level and will cap out at 684 Item Level.

Gear rewards through the Great Vault from completing multiple delves will cap at 694 Item Level.

End bosses can drop 40x Titan Disc Fragments for the meta questsArchives: The First Disc andArchives: Seeking History.

There will be a weekly world event, the Delves Bonus Event, that promises increased rewards for completing delves!

Nemesis StrongboxUndercoinDelver's JourneyCompanion ExperienceDelves and The Great VaultDelver's GuideDelver's DirigibleUrban OdysseyBountiful DelvesRestored Coffer KeyShip It!Delver's DirigibleBountiful Delves and Restored Coffer KeysBountiful

To unlock Bountiful Delves, pick upBountiful Delves from the Delver's Journal in Dornogal

Every day, four of the delves in Khaz Algar gain the Bountiful affix.

Bountiful delves include an extra treasure chest at the end, a Bountiful Coffer.

Opening a Bountiful Coffer requires a .

Bountiful CofferBountiful CofferDelver's BountyDelver's BountyHidden TroveDelver's BountyRestored Coffer Keys

Your first 4 weekly caches you earn from World Events will grant Restored Coffer Keys. These can include rewards from Wriggling Pinnacle Cache, Nanny's Surge Dividends, Awakened Mechanical Cache, Lamplighter Supply Satchel, Pinnacle Cache, Radiant Cache, Seasoned Adventurer's Cache, Theater Troupe's Trove, and one of the three Pact chests The General's War Chest, The Vizier's Capital, or The Weaver's Gratuity

Collect and combine 100 s to create a . Coffer Key Shards drop from World Quests, Radiant Echoes, and outdoor events throughout Khaz Algar.

Specific Renown thresholds grant you a Restored Coffer Key. Visit the appropriate Quartermaster upon achieving these levels:

Council of Dornogal - Renown 17

Assembly of the Deeps - Renown 13

Hallowfall Arathi - Renown 14

Severed Threads - Renown 13

Cartels of Undermine - Renown 9

The K'aresh Trust - Renown 12

Sir Finley MrrggltonUndercoinCommon Delve Features

There is an overarching goal, such as killing a percentage of mobs, following a short series of tasks, or finding/rescuing a set number of items or NPCs. This is usually spread over several rooms or levels.

There may be objects such as ropes or bouncy mushrooms you'll need to use to get from level to level. Pay attention because backtracking under these circumstances is a pain.

There are hazards, such as ground effects, items you need to carry that protect you for a limited time, area-of-effect traps, etc. The vast majority of hazards in delves can be summed up in four words: don't stand in it.

Once this goal is complete, there is an end boss or end encounter such as a series of ambushes that need to be defeated.

All hazards are removed and you can enter the Treasure Room to reap the rewards!

There are common encounters—mostly silver elites or special treasures marked on your map—that will award Boons (Anima Powers for delves) to your entire party for the duration of the delve. For example, if you encounter Reno Jackson and Sir Finley Mrrgglton inside a delve, fight them to earn the boon Reno's Random Reactions.

Sturdy Chests do not appear on the map but can still contain valuable items. There is an achievement, The War Within: Leave No Treasure Unfound, for looting all Sturdy Chests in each of the 14 primary delves. This achievement is needed for the meta-achievement to earn the Ivory Goliathus mount. It also rewards you with a title, .

Sometimes small Mislaid Curiosity items may appear. These are small items like a little jar or mushroom with a purple glow that, when clicked, can give varying amounts of Companion experience: Chunk of Companion Experience (100), Chunk of Companion Experience (250), or Chunk of Companion Experience (525).

Delves can have Herbalism and Ore nodes, as well as Fishing pools. Some of these can be rare versions. Once your Companion has the ability Gathering Tools, you'll get ore, herbs, and skins from Brann, whether you know those skills or not.

Delve Revive CounterDelve BoonsStolen LoaderConstruct Canker

Prototype Heroism Canister -

Essence of Life -

Lucky Cursed Potion -

Shards of the Not-So-Unbreakable Iron Idol -

Loader Signal -

Construct Canker -

Gathering ToolsAncient ArtifactAncient PowerAncient SwiftnessAncient SavageryAncient HungerDelve Trinket VendorZah'ranUndercoin

Void-Touched Fragment

Soulbreaker's Sigil

Veiling Mana Shroud

Automatic Footbomb Dispenser

Manaforged Aethercell

Incorporeal Essence-Gorger

Essence-Hunter's Eyeglass

Chaotic Nethergate

Symbiotic Ethergauze

Shadowguard's Twisted Harvester

Mind-Fracturing Odium

Twisted Mana Sprite

Delve MemoriesDip StickshiftMemory of Illidan

Memory of Arthas - "Hope Wanes."

Memory of Gul'dan - "Let the endgame begin!"

Memory of Putricide - "Great news, everyone!"

Memory of Suramar - "An illusion! What are you hiding?"

Memory of Theotar - "Would you care for a spot of tea?"

Memory of Garrosh - "I cannot be defeated."

Memory of Illidan - "You are not prepared!"

Memory of Saurfang - "I'm too old for this nonsense."

Memory of Sylvanas - "Too easy."

Memory of Thrall - "Lok'tar ogar!"

A memory left in a Delve.Delve Companion

Companions have abilities, and they gain more as they level up.

Companions can use Curios, which are Companion-specific Combat and Utility trinkets. These are looted from the end chests when completing a delve.

Companion Experience allows your Companion to learn new abilities and use higher-level Curios. Companions gain Companion Experience in the following ways:

defeating mobs inside a delve.

Companion RolesDelvers' SuppliesDelvers' SuppliesExplorers' League Supplies at the beginning and in the middle near the Respawn pointCombat and Utility CuriosDelvers' SuppliesDelve Companions in GroupsDelve Types by Mob Mix Fungarian Delves Fungal Folly (Isle of Dorn), Myomancer Cavern (Hallowfall]

Common Mobs: Fungal Gutter, Infected Beast, Fungal Rotspreader, Gnarled Reviver

Wandering Elites: Fungal Speartender

Kobold Delves Kriegval's Rest (Isle of Dorn), The Waterworks (The Ringing Deeps)

Common Mobs: Kobold Mystic, Kobold Thwacker, Kobold Skullface

Wandering Elites: Kobold Taskfinder

Nerubian Delves Earthcrawl Mines (Isle of Dorn), The Dread Pit (The Ringing Deeps), Skittering Breach (Hallowfall), The Spiral Weave and The Underkeep (Ahj-Kahet)

Common Mobs: Nerubian Threadmancer, Nerubian Slasher, Skittering Menace, Ascended Webfriar

Chittering Fearmonger isn't dangerous, but annoying because Fearful Shriek has a long duration and a short cooldown. Eliminate first.

Nerubian LordDeepwalker Guardian Kobyss Delves The Sinkhole (Hallowfall), Tak-Rethan (Ahj-Kahet)Drowned ArathiDrowned Illusions

Common Mobs: Kobyss Witherer, Kobyss Trickster. Kobyss Trickster should get priority because they can cast Illusive Step that summons a Pale Illusion. These are not that sturdy, but they can keep a caster or healer tied up with interrupts.

Wandering Elites: Wandering Gutter

Shadow Caster Delves Nightfall Sanctum (Hallowfall)

Mobs: Nightfall Hopestealer, Nightfall Initiate, Nightfall Executor

Elite Wanderer: Devouring Shade

Goblin Delves Sidestreet Sluice (Undermine)]

Common Mobs: Punchy Thug, Masked Freelancer, Fungal Rotspreader, Obedient-ish Predator

Wandering Elites: Drill Sergeant

Old God Delves Excavation Site 9 (The Ringing Deeps)

Mobs: Nightmare Crawler, Tainted Feaster, Hideous Amalgamation

Elite Wanderer: Dark Walker

Ethereal Delves Archival Assault (K'aresh)

Common Mobs: Shadowguard Void Adept, Shadowguard Phasecutter, Failed Aspirant

Wandering Elites: Shadowguard Steelsoul

Delve OverviewsEarthcrawl Mines Location and Tips Type: Nerubian Out in the open; very easy to spot. Web General Ab'enarWebbed HookshotFungal Folly Delve Location and Tips Type: Fungarian Lots of mushroom cover but fairly easy to locate. Entrance faces southeast.SpinshroomFungalstormKriegval's Rest Delve Location and Tips Type: Kobold Lowest level; entrance faces west. Tomb-Raider DrywhiskerRaging TantrumThe Dread Pit Delve Location and Tips Type: Nerubian Well camouflaged; use the pond in front as a visual to find the correct side of the cliffs. Entrance faces southwest.Under-Lord Vik'tisImpaleBurrowing TremorsStinging SwarmWrapped SpoolThe Waterworks Delve Location and Tips Type: Kobold It's on the second level between two large waterfalls. The bridge to the entrance is near the righthand falls. Entrance faces north and slightly west. The outside map WaxfaceBurn AwayNoxious GasMyomancer Cavern Delve Location and Tips Type: Fungarian Located just under the M in Light's Blooming on the map. Need to circle around through Fungal Fields to reach it, but once in the area, it's fairly obvious. Entrance faces due west.BogpiperMuck ChargeSporesongNightfall Sanctum Delve Location and Tips Type: Shadow Caster Entrance is at the very lowest level at the base of the giant semicircular waterfall. Cavern entrance faces northeast.Speaker HalvenShadow SweepDesolate SurgeFire!Skittering Breach Delve Location and Tips Type: Nerubian A large pond sits in front of the entrance at the lowest level. Cavern entrance faces east.Nerl'athekk the SkulkingDarkrift SmashFaceless DevoteeDark AbatementNerubian BallistaThe Sinkhole Delve Location and Tips Type: Kobyss This really is a giant sinkhole in the middle of a massive circle of waterfalls. Fly all the way to the bottom; entrance is in the southern area of the landing. Mirror Master MurknaDrowned IllusionsDrowned ArathiCelle WildeThe Spiral Weave Delve Location and Tips Type: Nerubian Many elites here, but it's easy to fly directly into the front entrance and avoid it all. You can even fly out without disturbing the non-elite guards if you're careful. Only delve in this zone not located in or near the City of Threads.Overseer KaskelImpaling SpikesCall DronesWeave DroneBurrowing TremorsBurrowing TremorsTak-Rethan Abyss Delve Location and Tips Type: Kobyss Outside City of Threads, not inside. Go all the way to the bottom of a large waterfall cascading down from the city. Cavern faces north.Undersea AbominationFungal InfectionRepelling BlastDeepsea PolypsWandering GutterThe Underkeep Delve Location and Tips Type: Nerubian In the northwest lower level of the Tranformatory, land on the web bridges above. Several non-elite mobs pathing below; fly directly in to avoid them.Researcher Ven'kexInfusion of PoisonRend VoidEncasing WebsSidestreet Sluice Delve Location and Tips Type: Goblin Under the off-rampGeargraveSootheJuice It Up!Carnage CannonExcavation Site 9 Delve Location and Tips Type: Old God In a side tunnel as far south and east as you can go without leaving the zone.Xel'anegh the ManyWoundedArchival Assault Delve Location and Tips Type: Ethereal Through a portal in an Ethereal encampment.Portalmaster HalsanZekvir's Lair Delve Location and TipsInside the large building on the west side of The Skeins.Demolition Dome Delve Location and TipsUnder the bleachers on the north side of the Demolition Dome.Voidrazor Sanctuary Delve Location and TipsThe entrance is hidden behind a curtain.All Delve Story VariationsYou can check which Delve variant is up for the day from anywhere by checking their locations on the Khaz Algar map.

Delve Achievement

Delve Variants

Earthcrawl Mines Stories

Fiery Grounds: Aid a stranded lamplighter to thwart the Nerubian menace.
Kidnapped Earthen: Nerubians have kidnapped miners from Freywold Village!
Precious Ores: Help reinvigorate weakened earthen to strike back against the Nerubians.
Looking for Treasure: A Dark Iron Dwarf will stop at nothing to find treasure.
Bugs and Grubs: Help the extermination crew handle a major infestation.

Fungal Folly Stories

Explorer's Competition: Members of the Explorers' League have begun a friendly competition deep within the cave.
Lost Miners: Rescue a group of Earthen miners who have been captured by Fungarians.
Spreading Decay: A Kirin Tor mage is trying to push back the spreading Fungarian decay.
Oversparked Operation: A Gnomish drilling operation is up here, but the Darkfuse Goblins have shown up to wreak havoc.

Kriegval's Rest Stories

Dagran's Day Out: Dagran Thaurissan II is looking for help to get some in the field training.
Lost Keepsakes: Recover stolen keepsakes from invading kobolds!
Swarming Kobolds: Kobolds have taken over Kriegval's Rest and need to be kicked out!
Corrupted Candles: Darkfuse Goblins are ransacking Kriegval's Rest. Help the Kobolds restore order.

The Dread Pit Stories

Kobold Kidnapping: A pair of friendly Kobolds need aid rescuing their friends from Nerubians.
Lost Gems: Nerubians have stolen a cache of memory gems!
Smashing Skardyn: The Nerubians are using Skardyn to kidnap machine speakers!
Darkfuse Disruption: The Darkfuse Goblin are setting up a camp. Put a stop to their plans!

The Waterworks Stories

Captured Engineers: Kobolds have taken over the Waterworks and kidnapped the engineers that help run it.
Stomping Some Sense: The Machine Speakers need help testing a device to recover stolen materials.
Trust Issues: Aid a Kobold and a Machine Speaker in recovering treasures within the Waterworks.
Put a Wrench on It!: The Goblins have fixed all the old problems... and created a whole mess of new ones!

Mycomancer Cavern Stories

Missing Pigs: A farmer's pigs have gone missing in the caverns and needs to be recovered.
Mushroom Morsel: Aliya Hillhelm needs help recovering a mushroom from a particularly nasty monster.
The Great Scavenger Hunt: Chef Dinaire is hosting a scavenger hunt.

Nightfall Sanctum Stories

Dark Ritual: The Order of Night are performing a profane ritual to corrupt the area!
Kyron's Assault: Great Kyron is launching an assault on Nightfall Sanctum and needs your help!
Signal Noise: Finish the job of slain Lamplighters to rescue hostages from the Order of Night.
Aiming to get Even: Help Nimsi settle a score with the Order of the Night.

The Sinkhole Stories

Illusory Rescue: Rescue Arathor who have been kidnapped by the Kobyss.
Lurking Terror: The kobyss are attempting to control something from the depths of the world.
Raen's Gambit: Raen Dawncavalyr is looking for help in recovering relics stolen by the kobyss.
Orphan's Holiday: Help Alyza Bowblaze continue her blood thirsty vengeance against the Kobyss.

Skittering Breach Stories

Old Rituals: The Lamplighters need help thwarting a nerubian ritual happening deep in a forbidden temple.
Renilash Beckons: The Order of the Night have invaded the Skittering Breach, believing it plays a key in ushering in Renilash.
Shadow Realm: The Skittering Breach is oddly quiet, save for a singular portal hovering inside.
Relics of the Old Gods: Gallywix's thugs have tampered with old god relics, handle this before things get worse!

Tak-Rethan Abyss Stories

Goblin Mischief: Investigate the Goblin presence within Tak-Rethan Abyss.
Niffen Napping: Several Niffen have been kidnapped by the Kobyss!
Pheromone Fury: Kobyss have stolen crates of pheromones in order to ambush allies of the Weaver.
Pump the Brakes: Help Pamsy and crew sabotage Gallywix's pumping operation.

The Spiral Weave Stories

From the Weaver with Love: The Weaver has a plan to disrupt operations within the Spiral Weave.
Strange Disturbances: The Nerubians within the Spiral Weave appear to be acting out of character.
Tortured Hostages: Captives from all over Azeroth have been brought to the Spiral Weave to be tortured.
Down to Size: Bring down goblin mechs with some Nerubian firepower.

The Underkeep Stories

Evolved Research: An evolved Nerubian researcher is performing twisted experiments.
Runaway Evolution: An experiment in the Underkeep has gone wrong and threatens to escape out.
Torture Victims: Evolved Nerubians are torturing prisoners within the Underkeep.
Weaver Rescue: Three of the Weaver's agents are being held captive within the Underkeep.
Third Party Operation: Help Madam Goya keep the valuable Black Blood out of Gallywix's hands.

Excavation Site 9 Stories

Lost Excavators: Goblins excavating in the area have failed to report in.
Black Blood Profits: A goblin is looking to make some profits off of the black blood in the area.
Rowdy Rifts: Strange tears have opened up throughout Excavation Site 9.

Sidestreet Sluice Stories

All That Glitters: The Darkfuse have stolen gold from citizens and are using it to animate an elemental!
Mr. DELVER: Several Goblin mechanics have gone missing within the Sidestreet Sluice.
Teleporter Tantrums: Experimental teleporters are being used to enhance Darkfuse operations in the area.

Archival Assault Stories

Relic Retrieval: Help recover artifacts the ethereals are looting from the Azure Archive.
Shadowed Wings: Rescue blue drakes that the invading ethereals are infusing with void.
Smash and Jab: Beat back the ethereal menace by using their infrastructure against them.
Waygate Wiles: Reconstruct the vault's waygate network. And deconstruct the ethereal forces inside!

Delve Achievements and RewardsDelve Title Achivements

Seeker of Loot
The War Within: Leave No Treasure Unfound - Find and open all Sturdy Chests hidden throughout the War Within delves.

Immortal Spelunker - Complete a delve without any deaths on Tier 11.

War Within Delves: Tier 11 (Season 2) - Successfully complete a delve on the highest tier of difficulty with revives remaining.

Copious Coffers - Open 250 bountiful coffers with restored coffer keys.

Delve Mount and Cosmetics AchievementsIvory GoliathusGlory of the War Within DelverGiant beetles that spend their lives in the darkest tunnels of Khaz Algar. Though they are deprived even of the faintest glimmer of artificial sunlight, they still thrive.Silver Coffer KeyCopious CoffersGolden Coffer KeyThe Key to Madness

Comments

Comment by clavarnway

This looks cool. I wonder how the NPC joining you will work with things like the new proposed Paladin Armaments - will they click on them?

Comment by VaderTX

Absolutely love they are getting rid of the pvp row in great vault, huge W for PVE'ers! No idea how good the rewards will be but at least it's content that can be done without having to slog through pvp

Comment by Reimia

Does anyone know what the gear it drops is though? Yes I know Heroic iter, but is it basic non-set gear set to heroic ilvl? I'm really wondering if trinkets from raids/dungeons have a chance of dropping.

Comment by Diestupid

Is this iLvl reduction that is currently happening within the Beta going forward? or if this some artificial way of testing? Edit: From a "buff" on my character it appears to only be for testing... but who knows with Blizzards love of scaling.

Comment by Slayer6

Geez... Deleting the PvP section of the Vault?

Guess all the PvPers at the start of the next Expansion get to experience that GIANT middle finger from Blizzard...

Comment by Araye

Wake me up when Delves are worth doing; +5 keys and Heroic gear is eh. Maybe they will be super fun, but I was hoping they'd be at least as fun/challenging/rewarding as Visions back in the day, but these do not seem to fit the bill.

Comment by Lofaru

Soooo, are they spammable like M+ for loot grinding?

Comment by gleepottz

mythic +15...? dont they cap at 10 now?

Comment by ScorpioSymbol

What do you guys mean Mythic 15+ gear? The only info we have on myth key loot caps out at 10... is the 15+ a typo?

Comment by Iselin

Who is doing the recommending for Delve ilvl? 561 for T1? Really?

T1 is a cakewalk for a fresh 70 in DF quest greens at ilvl 330.

Comment by orca2017

can someone give me a pain point on delve 8 .. like delve tier 8 is equal to what mythic + 8 or ? I have a destro warlock , frost fire mage an beastmaster hunter and a devastatio evoke.. should I create a tank spec too ?

Comment by Ragemoody

This article used to say: “At level 10 reputation with The Assembly of the Deeps, you will be able to buy Restored Coffer Key Restored Coffer Keys from the following vendors: Sir Finley Mrrgglton <Delve Treasures>, Dornogal - 2000 Waxmonger Squick <Renown Quartermaster>, The Ringing Deeps - 650 /way #2214 47.4 32.8”

This has been removed now without any further info. Is it true or not?

Comment by ziphii

Is there a map somewhere that shows where these all are? I have only found 4 so far by just wandering around or doing the quests that ask you to complete a certain delve on any difficulty. Do they send you to all of them if you find the right quest-giver?

Comment by selkiesidhe

Lol okay I feel a TON better about my playing. The farthest I have been is Tier 3 and it was a struggle at the end. I just assumed that once I passed one Tier, i'd just go on to the next... I never considered there were ilevel recs! Here I am sitting at 523. Apparently Teir 3 is recommended for ilevel 571? Maybe I'm not so awful as I thought :)

Tier Number Recommended iLevel
Tier 1 561+
Tier 2 564+
Tier 3 571+
Tier 4 577+
Tier 5 584+
Tier 6 590+
Tier 7 597+
Tier 8-11 603+

Comment by Nightgale

Does anyone know why when I am with another person in delves Bran Bronzebeard does not appear for the second person.
Meaning that we have only one Bronzebeard for 2 ppl ? Even if one is in Healer mode and the other in DPS.

Comment by Toenail

what triggers the Undercoins dropping? i have done a few delvs and no coins so far

Comment by Kylixen

Quick script to see if you've completed the Delve quests

/run for _,i in ipairs({770;767;771;766;768;769;758;759;2648;2664;2666;2667;2649}) do i=i+83000 print(format("%s(%d):%s",C_QuestLog.GetTitleForQuestID(i),i, C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(i) and "\124cff00ff00Yes\124r" or "\124cffff0000No\124r")) end

Comment by StripedYukon

I was looking for delve locations and all that's listed is the zone. No coords, no map pics, just "It's in this zone, yw!" Please consider more exact locations.

Comment by meganerd18

The UI doesn't seem to give any numbers for how much Delver's Journey you need or have. Also I can't tell if any of the Delver's Journey I got besides the weekly (I guess) is actually contributing. The bar mostly looks the same to me. Maybe it moves a little? That's where seeing a number would be helpful.

Comment by Saruya

The Undying Caver achievement does NOT reward a title.

Comment by meganerd18

Additional thing: I think only Bountiful Delves count for the season. Just did a tier 5 normal one and got no journey or undercoin and I killed Zekvir mobs.

Comment by kimobo

does anyone have an issue where Sir Finley Mrrgglton keys are still locked after getting the renown ?

Comment by Nanothermite

Does anyone know what triggers new bountiful delves to pop up on map? Is it a timer? Certain quest?

Comment by Heishin

he's also a special pop-up surprise you can get randomly in any Delve once you reach Tier 5 and above (those familiar with The Butcher in Diablo 4 will find this a very familiar mechanic!).

I just ran a Tier 1 Fungal Folly for my missing story line and Zekvir popped in to say hello...
He gave a Tier 1(!) Delver's Bounty, which rewarded an iLvL 571 item at the end of the delve...

Like really, I don't know how many Tier8 bountiful delves I've run so far and only got 1 Delver's bounty and this fat bug dude pops into my Tier 1 delve and gives me a worthless one, like what the hell Blizzard.

Comment by Alustriel

One important piece of information missing is how our progression works and how to unlock each node on the Delver's Journey rewards bar we can see when viewing your current delve progress (book beside Brann in the Delver's Headquarters, or press your I key and select the delves tab at the bottom right). I tried finding the experience required for each node from 0 to 1, 1 to 2, etc, but nothing anywhere. Here is what I found so far on "Delver's Journey" point progress.

First, it only seems comes from Bountiful Delves, and what could drop in them. Completing the delve, opening the regular and Restored Coffer key chest, and if you manage to open an extra epic chest that you got from using a Delver's Bounty, killing, lol, or being killed by Zekvir and opening up the Hulking Raptorial Claw may give you additional Delver's Journey points too. (I hate random number generators, ehck)

The progress bar in the Delve's tab does not show you a number at all, only a graphic indicator. This is very frustrating as it confounds most of us who want to know how many delves we need to do to progress from point to point. After my last T7 delve today, I looked at some screen shots and in one where Zekvir killed me a second time, I opened the claw and received more loot, but what is important is that when I actually picked up the 40 additional Delver's Journey points, a small bar appeared on my center top screen area, it showed a 1 on the left in the hexagon, and the bar had 3880/4200. This leads me to believe that I need 4200 Delver's Journey points to progress from one reward node to another.

We can see on the bar in the Delve Headquarters, that at the 7th node, we can purchase a restored coffer key. If we need 4200 points between nodes, that is a hell of a lot of Bountiful Delves we need to do!

If I am right, and I sure hope that I am not, then as an example, a T6 gives 100 points, that is 4200 / 100 = 42 delves, only 4 Bountiful delves are available a day, 42/4 = 10.5 days or in a week and a half we can progress one node. That being said, to get from 1st to 7th node to buy restored coffer keys (looks like there are only 3 to buy too and I begin at 1, because we all get a quest and additional Delver's Journey points when we start doing delves, so I left out the first 0 to 1 progress), then we have 42 x 7 = 294 T6 delves, at 4 per day, that's 73.5 days or 10.5 weeks or about 2 months, 3 weeks. This obviously goes down if you do higher level tiers, I can confirm T4 to T7 give 50, 75, 100 and 125 Delver's Journey points each from Bountiful Delves.

I would appreciate it if anyone who reads this can offer numbers for T8 and on if they remember the number, likely it is just 25 points more for each level up. This would be a good start at planning how to go about getting the progress bar done and open up the rewards. What would be better is if Blizzard's devs would put a quality of life enhancement on the Delver's Journey bar and show how many points you need to go to the next node.

Additional Note: I did 3 more T7 bountiful delves today and I progressed the Delver's Journey bar unlocking the second reward, I also had another chance to see the bar I mentioned above (hexagon on the left, bar filling up with bronze colored progress) It showed me as having a 2 in the hexagon and 340/4200 for my progress. I can only assume that we have 4200 points from node to node to cover as we do our delves. That's a lot of delves...

Comment by BIGRED68

Is there a way to not have Brann stand on top of every mislaid curiosity or treasure? Trying to continually click around him is frustrating as all hell!

Comment by BIGRED68

Easy way to check on which delves your main or alt have completed. Great to know when running alts for Delver's Call quests.

Go to your acheivements tab, go down to statistics, open delves, wham! A full list of what your current character has completed.

Enjoy as this saved me a ton of time by not flying to delves and finding out this alt had already done the quest.

Comment by rabidshrew

Mote of Fire is listed as the item needed for Archives: The First Disc, but it is missing the last digit of 1 to make it Titan Disc Fragment

Comment by abovetheusa

Thanks for the Delve locations, do you have the locations for all the specific quests for each of the Delves? I know where they are at for Isle of Dorn at /way 55.31 55.93. out front of Dornogal. (Brad Pitt) quest is located /way 58.37 64.29. In the Ringing Deeps. The Waterworks quest is in The Ringing Deeps at /way 47.09 31.90. from Brann. on the post /way 48.72 39.52.

Comment by Fzzl

Zekvir is totally doable now at ? , without great gear or superb play. You do not have much wiggle room for mistakes, but you can be a filthy casual like me and farm him for vault slots. Brann as healer at level 20ish, done as havoc @ 580 and windwalker @ 571.

Comment by Jundo

There are stories missing. Each of the delves has 4 stories. You'll need to complete all 4 stories in each delve for the various associated achievements. So far it appears to be random which stories appear and are apparently changed daily, but can repeat multiple times.

Comment by Justkillme

Tier 8 is really punishing for boomkins... Best of luck!

Comment by khadgar940

Delves should have two mode.
1) Hard mode for ppl who have plenty time and challenge.
All mob HP is increased 200% and damage increased 100%, for SAME delves level.
2) Normal mode for ppl who want to play game NORMALLY and not some self torture lover.
All mob HP decreased by 70%, and damage decreased 70%.

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Comment by MikeMJG

I wish that we had to complete all tiers in each Delve separately. Like with the tower in Shadowlands. If you get to Tier 8 on one Delve, that is NOT equivalent to reaching Tier 8 on the next Delve.

With everything made easier and faster and easier and faster nonstop, it would be nice to have players EARN something.

I wish we never changed the levels and we would be up to 150 now I think. Then players would have to go through more content to get to max level. Because being at max level should mean you earned it, rather than just use a cheap boost. So when grouping, we gotta check to see if someone is a real 80 or a boosted 80 or a level rusher 80. I'd rather have someone who has real experience in my PUG than someone on their 15th alt that still hasnt completed 1000 quests combined across all of them :/

Comment by MikeMJG

Each Delve will have 3 different "variants" of how the inside is laid out. And after 80 there are Bountiful Delves.
We can also find delve dailies after 80 and pre-80 there are the posters that you click on and get a quest for a specific delve.

But where are the story quests for each Delve? I finished the one for EarthCrawl Mines, but it did not lead me to the next one, Fungal Folly.

Do I need to finish part of the Main Campaign questline in order to unlock the next story quest?

I'd appreciate ANY HELP so I know where to go. Thank you!

Comment by codin

This article is in drastic need of updating for Season 2. The tier difficulty doesn't match the recommended item level and there is very little to no info about the new s2 rewards/transmogs/etc. No mention of crest caps per week of 18 from delves. I wouldn't even bother with this article at this time. There is too much false info from season 1 that isn't accurate anymore.

Comment by Aerynsun8449

Your table for recommended iLvL for the delves are a bit out of date. Looking at the Delve I'm about to go in, for a Tier 8 delve blizzard recommends an iLvL of 639+ where you're recommending an iLvL of 600+. I think you forgot to upgrade your table to season 2.

Comment by Aerynsun8449

This is suppose to be updated for 11.1.0, however the table for the delve iLvL is still on 11.0.5. The table lists tier 8 as recommending iLvL 600+ but the delves now for tier 8 is iLvL 639+
Can you please update it for patch 11.1.0?

Comment by Plufproop

Brann: "You'll find me wherever the action is."

No Brann. We'll find you wherever the mouse pointer is.

Comment by richardsut

Random Groups for Delves?

Hello all,
I have not gone into delves in a long time and wanted to look for a group. I used to be able to join a random group via the Group Finder (like queuing for a LFR or Dungeon). Now every time I look under the Delves category there is no one. Is that not used anymore? Are there alternatives?
Thanks!
R

Comment by kimbakal

FYI - If you pull up your World Map, you can locate and zoom in on the various Delve icons to see what 'Story Variant' is up (and which ones you've done) ...instead of flying all over to enter or see Tier menu for what story/quest is up.

Comment by DaylarFarshot

Teir 9-11 in season 3 can be done with veteran gear. When you do Teir 11 take your time and use zone mechanisms to do damage to mobs if you can take advantage of them. I solo’d 2-man delves this way. (Wife hates doing delves but put her char on autofollow while I do them on my BM Hunter)

Comment by Canondah

For people like me who run delves at night/early morning when there is little to no raid activity, this might be worth mentioning: Bountiful delves remain bountiful even if you stay inside during the daily reset. It may be obvious from the buff description in the delve itself saying

This delve has an abundance of treasures and will remain bountiful while inside.

but I had to test it and it does work across the daily reset. The only possible downside is that you may lose one of your next day's bountiful delve if the one you are running remains bountiful the next day. Then it counts as finished even if the story changes.

Comment by Damastes

Can you still level up season 3 TWW delves?

Comment by AusJager

Delve Issues
Since Midnight was released (I didn’t purchase it), some weird things have happened. A summary follows:
1. I have had the quest Bountiful Delves open for a long time, so presumably I am ‘eligible’ for bountiful delves. It remains 0/2 complete.
2. I routinely search all zones and never see a Bountiful Delve.
3. 13 June 26. I bought a Delve-O-Bot 7001, but activating it did not take me to a Bountiful Delve – it took me to a random, standard delve (4 times on 13 Jun).
4. Entering a Delve does not convert my 100 Coffer Key Shards into a Coffer Key.
5. I’ve been doing Heroic Dungeons and Delves but the Great Vault never offers me anything. It never shows that I have completed any qualifying activities such as delves or heroic dungeons. I did 5 x Tier 5 delves on 13 June 2026 and nothing showed in Great Vault preview.
6. Bran (Level 51) has lost all his Companion Abilities.
7. I briefly had Valeera Sanguinar as a delve companion and I reckon Brann’s abilities were transferred to her before she disappeared. How can she be my delve companion if I don’t have the Midnight expansion?
8. If I click on Explorer’s League Supplies at Delvers HQ, I get Valeera Sanguinar Level 1 details (no abilities and empty combat role). Isn’t she a Midnight companion?
9. Sir Finley Mrrggleton at Delvers HQ has nothing to offer me even despite game advice (Delves: Season 3 Level 9) that I can buy upgraded equipment from him.
10. I am stuck at Delves Season 3 progress at 2400/4200 no matter how many delves I do.
11. None of my gear is upgradeable. Previously my gear was shown as 7/8 or whatever – now there is no grade shown on any gear. I visit Cuzolth (Item Upgrades) in Dornogal but I can’t drag any gear to the upgrade box.
Any advice would be appreciated.

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